[Verse 1]
Up in the club (club), just broke up (up)
I’m doing my own little thing
Decided to dip (dip), but now you wanna trip (trip)
'Cause another brother noticed me
I’m up on him (him), he up on me (me)
Don’t pay him any attention
Cried my tears (tears), for three good years (years)
You can’t be mad at me

[Verse 2]
I got gloss on my lips (lips), a man on my hips (hips)Hold me tighter than my Deréon jeans
Acting up (up), drink in my cup (cup)
I can't care less what you think
I need no permission, did I mention?
Don’t pay him any attention
’Cause you had your turn (turn)
But now you gon' learn
What it really feels like to miss me

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About “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

Beyoncé’s unofficial theme song for Sex & The City, produced by North Carolinian crooner The-Dream.

Beyoncé and Jay Z got married in 2008—but didn’t tell anybody. “Single Ladies” was seen as the couple’s announcement—even though it’s about being on your own. Producer Tricky Stewart told People in 2010: “It was the only public statement that they ever made about marriage.”

What has the media said about the song?

In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #3 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:

As thrilling of a musical production as it is, ‘Single Ladies’ wouldn’t be cemented in pop culture history today if it weren’t for the music video. In the 2008 clip, Beyoncé and two backup dancers twist, sashay and strike power moves around a white room for a total of three intense and influential minutes. The impact was immediate, inspiring many to imitate the video and upload their versions to YouTube. Bey ultimately credited the inspiration of the choreography to a mix of a black, Southern style of dance called J-Setting and a vanilla yet viral routine choreographed by Bob Fosse decades ago. The visuals, though, wouldn’t have been made possible without the song itself: fierce, flirtatious, assertive and uplifting all at once, ‘Single Ladies’ was the roll call women in search of a barometer of self worth had been wanting, and in some cases needing, to hear. It was Beyoncé demanding excellence and devotion on every woman’s behalf.